Victoria’s new Labor Government has dropped the former Liberal Government’s $2.5 billion upgrade proposal for the Cranbourne-Pakenham line, and has launched an upgrade plan of its own.
The Andrews
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FMG with its back against the wall?
As the spot price for iron ore continues its unprecedented descent, Australia’s third-biggest iron ore miner, and owner of one of the biggest private railways in the country, Fortescue Metals Group,
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ARTC dealing with two-train incident
A collision between a pair of freight trains resulted in the derailment of four wagons yesterday morning at Mile End, South Australia.
Just before 8am on Tuesday morning, an intermodal freight train caused
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Hi-tech, high power: Exploring Roy Hill’s new locos
Gina Rinehart described them as some of the best looking machines she’d ever seen in the Pilbara. But just what is it that makes Roy Hill’s new General Electric ES44ACI locomotives so impressive?
Rinehart’s
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Ghan operator GSR sold to Allegro
Australian private equity group Allegro will purchase transcontinental passenger rail group Great Southern Rail from British owner Serco.
Allegro announced on Monday that it would acquire GSR, the operator
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20 Sydney stations get Opal top-up machines
Transport for NSW has rolled out 28 Opal top-up machines at train stations and ferry wharves across its network, with 20 stations on the Sydney network getting in on the action.
Minister for transport
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Baird, Coalition secure NSW election win despite swing to Labor
Mike Baird has been re-elected as New South Wales’ premier, as the Coalition won 52 of a potential 93 seats at Saturday’s election.
With just over 70% of the vote counted at time of writing,
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NSW Election: Breaking down parties’ promises to rail
NSW voters will go to the polls just 24 hours from now, and all the major transport promises have now been put on the table.
A list compiled by the Australasian Railway Association (ARA) this week comprises
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First of ARA’s national training courses launched
The Australasian Railway Association (ARA) has launched the National Track Safety Induction (NTSI) courseware, as its first step towards nationally consistent training in the rail industry.
Launched last
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SA derailment: ATSB says ARTC risk control ‘ineffective’
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has found that the Australian Rail Track Corporation’s risk control processes were ineffective in the lead-up to a derailment in South Australia midway through
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